The Ocean Kicks Off North American Tour Dates Tonight

German metal collective and Metal Blade Recording artists The Ocean kick off a month-long North American tour today. The band will perform three headlining shows beginning tonight at Jaxx in Springfield, VA before joining "The Hypersleep Dialogues Trek, ” with headliners Between The Buried And Me, Job For A Cowboy, and Cephalic Carnage on select dates. Presented by Peter Says Denim, in association with Guitar World & MetalSucks.net, “The Hypersleep Dialogues Trek” will begin in Farmingdale, New York at The Crazy Donkey, include a stop at this year’s New England Metal And Hardcore fest in Worcester, Massachusetts and hit over two dozen cities before making a final stop in Ashville, North Carolina at The Orange Peel.

Said guitarist Robin Staps of the tour: "We're excited to be back in the U.S. It's been three years since our last tour over here with Kylesa, Intronaut, Lair Of The Minotaur and Withered. We've been wanting to come back ever since, but it's just so difficult for a European band to work out tour logistics and working visas are really expensive for us... But we finally made it! Looking forward to these three upcoming headlining shows where we're gonna play full 90-minute sets, and I'm sure the BTBAM tour afterwards will be equally great, though shorter set times for us. Looking forward to see you all out there somewhere!"